The judge smiled upon seeing her, but she looked the judge straight in the eyes and said something that left the entire courtroom, including the judge, in shock.

The scandalous court hearing had filled the room. Journalists occupied every free corner, cameras were directed at the defendants’ table. Even ordinary people stood in line to personally witness the high-profile case that the whole country was talking about.

At the center of attention was a seventeen-year-old girl. She was accused of a major financial fraud. But the real uproar came not so much from the charges, but from what happened in the courtroom.

The judge took his seat and, flipping through papers, raised his eyes to the defendant.
— Where is your lawyer? — he asked with a smile.

The girl stood calmly.
— I will defend my rights myself — her firm voice sounded.

Laughter erupted in the courtroom. Journalists hurriedly took notes, people whispered. Even the judge could not hide his irony:
— You? And who are you to think you can represent yourself here?

But in the next second, the girl spoke words that froze the entire room. Reporters stopped typing, cameras focused on her face. Even the judge turned pale, as if he could not believe what he had just heard.

This phrase changed the course of the entire trial and made the public view the case in a completely different light…

Continuation of the story — in the first comment!

The courtroom fell silent. The girl stood and looked the judge straight in the eyes:

— I am your daughter. I came here to show everyone that my mother and I are innocent, and to reveal the truth about the crimes you committed and tried to hide by sending her to prison.

These words shocked everyone. The judge, who had been smiling moments ago, turned pale. The girl’s mother had been convicted for crimes committed by the judge himself many years ago, when he was still a law student. He had shifted all the blame onto the woman to save himself.

The girl continued calmly: since her senior year, she had been gathering evidence, monitoring her father’s and the judge’s schemes, studying documents to prove her mother’s and her own innocence.

— Today, the truth is restored here — she said confidently.

The courtroom froze. Journalists stopped writing, cameras focused on her face. For the first time, the judge was in a difficult position: before him stood his daughter, ready to reveal everything he had tried to hide.

Soon, the case was transferred to another judge. The girl succeeded in proving her own and her mother’s innocence, exposing the crimes of her father and the judge. Truth prevailed, and the entire courtroom realized that courage and knowledge can change even the system.